On leaving Melbourne, last wednesday morning, after what seemed the hottest day in the world I was fully prepared for the idea that Tahiti would not be the ¨hot tropical getaway¨ from a cold Melbourne winter and was probably going to be cooler. Indeed the 28 degrees at 9pm in Tahiti was a welcome relief from the Melbournes 34 degrees when leaving at 5 am. One thing I did not take int account however was the idea that it would be wetter. Yet to say that it was wetter would be an understatement. The auspicious title of wetter than south eastern australia could be claimed by countless cites and regions across the world. No this really was WET! Trenchal, monsoonal, whatever you want to call it, it was certainly not the ¨light¨ showers locally forecast. The
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